He is notable for his role in the West Germany triumph in the 1954 FIFA World Cup, and spending his entire playing career of almost twenty years with hometown club 1.

Liebrich was brought up in Kaiserslautern to a worker's family who were members of the Social Democratic German party SPD.

Puskás was forced to miss the next two matches in the tournament, but played in the final against Germany, not wholly fit, in which the Germans won 3–2, Hungary's first defeat in four years.

[1] Apart from winning the German championship with Kaiserslautern in 1951 and 1953, the pinnacle of Liebrich's career were his defensive performances during the 1954 FIFA World Cup, especially in the quarter final against Yugoslavia.

He effectively marked English centre forward Ronnie Allen and also helped out covering Stanley Matthews.